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Supporting ‘Baby Friendly’: a quality improvement initiative for the management of transitional neonatal hypoglycaemia

Correspondence to Dr Peter Reynolds, St Peter's Hospital, Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 0PZ, UK; peter.reynolds{at}asph.nhs.uk We describe a quality improvement initiative conducted in a ...
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Implementation and evaluation of the sbar tool in the communication between medical staff in obstetrics

Background A key feature in patient safety is clear communication. In recent years the SBAR tool (situation, background, assessment and recommendation) has been advocated as a means of standardising ...
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Echocardiographic assessment of patent ductus arteriosus shunt flow pattern in premature infants

a Department of Neonatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tsukiji Maternity Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, b Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Dr Bai-Horng Su, Division ...
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Association of maternal diabetes mellitus with preterm infant outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Abdul Razak, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia; aabdulkhader{at}pnu.edu.sa; ...
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Postnatally acquired cytomegalovirus infection in extremely premature infants: how best to manage?

Postnatal cytomegalovirus (pCMV) infection is a common viral infection typically occurring within the first months of life. pCMV refers to postnatal acquisition of CMV rather than postnatal ...
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Neonatal stroke active surveillance BPSU study in the UK and the Republic of Ireland with a meta-analysis of national surveillance studies

Objective Assess the incidence, presentation, management and short-term outcomes of neonatal stroke in the UK and Ireland (ROI). Design Active surveillance (British Paediatric Surveillance Unit) study ...
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Development and initial validation of the EDIN scale, a new tool for assessing prolonged pain in preterm infants

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a scale suitable for use in clinical practice as a tool for assessing prolonged pain in premature infants. METHODS Pain indicators identified by observation of ...
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Volume-targeted ventilation is more suitable than pressure-limited ventilation for preterm infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

1 Department of Pediatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, P.R. China 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, ...
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Can targeting IL-1 mediated inflammation improve outcomes after neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy?

1 University of Bristol Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol, UK HIE pathogenesis involves a cascade of metabolic, excitotoxic and inflammatory processes.1 The primary phase begins with ATP depletion, ...
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Developmental follow-up, surveillance and support at the age of 4 years: a best practice guide from the British Association for Neonatal Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up

Developmental follow-up is a necessary part of neonatal care to identify additional support needs but also to allow national surveillance and research. Follow-up at 4 years of age enables assessment ...
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Making sense of the evidence: designing randomised controlled trials for preterm infants with high-shunt volume patent ductus arteriosus

Management of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in preterm infants remains controversial. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have shown that administering pharmacotherapy, predominantly ibuprofen, a ...
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Prognostic value of haemodynamic and neurophysiological assessments in newborns with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy undergoing whole-body therapeutic hypothermia: a ...

Objective To evaluate the prognostic value of amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG), cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy (cNIRS) and targeted neonatal echocardiography (TnECHO) for ...